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Anyone who joins the US military implicitly accepts that they'll die for Israel if it's ever needed.

@cjd I was unaware when I enlisted. It was only after I ETS'ed that I began to learn about the reality of the situation, although the seeds were sown when I saw who our "enemies" were in Afghanistan and started questioning our purpose there.

But you probably enlisted before the GWOT, because that was really the mask-off moment for the empire.

@cjd 2006, so I can't claim ignorance.

I mean I CAN because up to that point I was a product of public schooling and state university education, but I could have been doing my own research.

@CSB most Americans do not want this war.

@CSB Iran is mostly mountains, so it is basically giant Afghanistan

@CSB
There seems to be a commitment to doing everything as quickly, violently, and safely as possible. I hate fighting Israel's wars, but at least the current admin seems pretty competent at fucking up the enemy without putting our guys in too much risk.